Beloved former Knick Charles Oakley was forcefully removed from last night’s Clippers-Knicks game and charged with three counts of assault. There were various reports offering explanations for his removal—some had Oak going after Knicks owner James Dolan, others had him fighting with a fan—but Oakley offered his own explanation after being released by the police last night.

In the brief interview above, Oakley says he was approached by MSG security just a few minutes into the game and was told that he had to leave the arena because “someone ordered you to leave.” Oakley says things only got physical because more and more security guards kept surrounding him and he felt threatened.

Who knows if Oakley’s account is the full truth, but it doesn’t really matter if it is or not. What matters is that the Knicks lookterrible here. Not only did they have a Knicks icon arrested and publicly humiliated in their own arena, they released this incredibly petty statement after the game: